Talk:Pleurisy

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Why does the "Sources" section at the bottom include a link to a website about Enrico Caruso (http://www.geopaix.com/caruso/)? Tenmiles 03:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Because, as the article states, Caruso died of pleurisy, and that article was the source for that piece of information.--Srleffler 03:18, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
My apologies; I failed to take note of that fact, having glossed over the "Famous Cases" section. Tenmiles 06:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Hernan Cortez?

He died of Pleurisy, I'll let someone better qualified do the edit. 68.55.150.25 (talk) 04:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Causes?

Can smoking cause it? --85.160.5.215 09:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Can't imagine it would help it! - Ta bu shi da yu 05:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
No. Smokers may have worse episodes, but smoking does not cause it.

[edit] Wrong

Ringo Star did not die of pleurisy in childhood and others are wrong too

Separated into deaths and non-deaths; spot-checked some facts. Any errors left? Michael K. Edwards 08:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
The Mike Nolan link (in Survivors) is to the 49ers coach's biography, despite the clarifying text suggesting otherwise. So who is Mike Nolan of Chicago? Richaux 10:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HELP!!!!

Im 17, and i show some of these symptoms... am i going to die. Seriously! im not jjoking here... i've been having these pains for about a year. i smoke too.--82.38.77.108 19:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, eventually. We're all going to die. Pleurisy is not normally life-threatening; but can present complications if untreated. Stop smoking while you're still young, and go see a doctor for a professional opinion. Tenmiles 05:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Pleurisy is a short-term illness, not a disease that lasts more than a couple of weeks. See a doctor if you have chest pains, but it's not pleurisy.

[edit] Treatments

Anyone have anything on the treatments for Pleurisy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stuartyeates (talk • contribs) 15:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

treatment depends on the underlying cause.... pneunmonia would need antibiotics but it is also caused by virus... these can not be treated, both cases you can take pain killers for the pain.

The Mayo clinic on treatment: [1]. 75.35.201.48 00:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

When I suffered from Pleurisy brought on by Pneumonia I received Clarithromycin tablets (250mg twice a day for 7 days) for the Pneumonia. For the pain I was given Co-Dydramal and Tramadol Hydrochloride, the affect of which would wear off some time before the next medication could be taken. The symptoms (the pain) cleared up after around 12 days. Alls0rts 10:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia was stricken with Pleurisy while she was working as a nurse on the Eastern Front during World War I. She stated in her biography that she spent weeks with her upper body painted with iodine and covered with cotton bandages. Of course, there were no antibiotics at that point in history.

RogerInPDX 21:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)RogerInPDX

Pleurisy does not last long -- just a week or two. The pain is intense on any but the most shallow breaths. Steroid medicines relieve 99% of the pain.

[edit] Contagious

Is it contagious? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.172.140.34 (talk) 20:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

I assume not as when I suffered with Pleurisy, brought on by Pneumonia, I was kept in an open ward for a few days before being sent home to recover. Alls0rts 10:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other references to pleurisy

Billy Connolly references pleurisy in a song entitled "If It Wasnae For Your Wellies" where he highlights the 'vital importance of wellies in Scottish culture': "If it wasnae for your wellies, where would you be; You'd be in a hospital or infirmary; 'Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy; If you didnae have your feet in your wellies" LudBob 09:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC) On Tom Waits' "Orphans" album, he includes a song called "On the Road," which was originally written by Jack Kerouac and included on a Kerouac spoken word/singing CD along with a Waits cover. One of the lines is "Don't worry about me, I'm about to die of pleurisy." Whether or not its notable is not my decision; I just want to throw it out there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.85.252.119 (talk) 06:20, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Billy Connolly stole that

From a New Zealand comedian, Fred Dagg "If It Wasn't For Your Gumboots"

[edit] some one needs to get facts right

as to previous dagg adapted billy connely not the other way around His 1976 single, Gumboots, was a hit, climbing to Number 6 on the charts. Gumboots was a modified version of Billy Connolly's If It Weren't For Your Wellies (itself an adaptation of the old song The Work Of The Weavers). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.113.48.17 (talk) 11:08, 8 October 2007 (UTC)